Guidelines for the initial evaluation of the adult patient with acute musculoskeletal symptoms

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Shmerling, Robert H ^a   Fuchs, Howard A ^b   Lorish, Christopher D ^c   Nichols, Lisa A ^d   Partridge, Alison J ^e   Sanchez Guerrero, Jorge ^f   Sands, R A ^g   Liang, Matthew H ^e  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTHRITIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MONARTHRITIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; PAIN; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0030047364     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390102     Document Type: Review

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